The Believer’s Mandate



DAILY VITAMIN
- The Believer’s Mandate
"Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season: reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine" (2 Tim 4:2)
      The believer has a responsibility to spread the Word to as many as the Lord sends his way. He is the sower of the Word, assigned to the harvest field of the earth, to propagate the expected return for the Kingdom. And like any worker during seed time, no condition should impede him/her if (s)he really desires the anticipated harvest.
     Paul writes that both at times when we feel like it or not, we must preach the Word. In his First letter to young Timothy he made this known. He said "Until I get there, read and explain the scriptures to the church; preach God's Word" (1 Tim 4:13 TLB). It is our duty to preach the Word to the world, thereby drawing them into Christ and His Church where we must continually nurture and culture them with the Word of faith. It is the very seed that saved them, and it's the only one that can sustain them (1 Peter 1:23).
      So, imitate Christ as Paul did (1 Corinthians 11:1). Christ never rested until He brought the revelation of the Good News to a soul daily. The scripture says He went about doing good, and by the light of His Word set as many free as were bound by the darkness of Satan (Acts 10:38). And then He said to us, "...You are to go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere." (Mark 16:15 TLB). Paul heeded that call. In Titus 1:1-2, he wrote "....I have been sent to bring faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know God's truth- the kind of truth that changes lives -so that they can have eternal life, which God promised them before the world began- and he cannot lie" (TLB); and urged us also to continue in that path.
       It is our very calling in Christ - that is, to reveal the Good News of God's love and His available salvation to all men through the Word of His grace and reconciliation in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 5:18). This is the very reason why this devotional blog still exists; and I hope you can also play your part henceforth, and share the Word with someone today. Praise God!

Confession:
I am an extension of the Godhead on the earth. I represent Christ, and share in His person, passion and message to the world around. The gospel is my responsibility to mankind. It is my duty to teach it and preach it; and in the power of the Spirit of Christ I shall to the glory of God. Amen.

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